Cheech

Oh Jesse, how far you've fallen.

Good to hear that's all the problem was.

99% of people on the roads can drive. 10% (and that's being gracious) can drive WELL. Not everyone is an enthusiast that wants to understand the finer points like grip performance on wet vs. dry pavement, what the e-brake is (besides that stupid handle in the middle that gets in the way of everything) and what it's used for, how to properly exit a skid, and so on. 90% of the populace just wants to get in, crank up their stereos, turn the little wheel and push the little pedal. Even though automobiles are mainstream, it doesn't mean that being a motorhead is.

Well, in that case, just give me whatever Mad max was rocking and I should be OK. That was pretty easy.

If I had a useful use (other than it looking cool) for a red dot on a shotgun I'd be all about it. GLWS.

i wear fat kid sizes (US 50), unfortunately my options are seriously limited. I'll try and figure something out for next year.

If the world was coming to an end, why would I need a motorcycle?

Wish I had a suit.

Goddamnit, I am trying to stay out of politics threads, but this one is just too good. Time to fire up the blockquoter: You are correct, the training of a US soldier/Marine/seaman/airman is superior, but the National Guard will cannot by law be deployed to actively guard the border. Little thing called the Posse Comitatus Act, a piece of legislation that's about 130 years old. Besides, at the rate DHS is funding Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), you'd think they are militarized enough as it stands. By the way, inasmuch as the training of the US Armed Forces member is superior, the training of a CBP/ICE officer, in my opinion, is not. How do you intend on declaring war on non-state entity? I don't mean to nit-pick here, I completely agree that the Zetas and the cartels represent a threat to American national security, but it seems to me that you are saying that we should declare war on them the same way we declared war on drugs in that we just throw a bunch of money at the problem, create a ton of superfluous government agencies, do an end run around civil liberties and domestic freedoms, and make the problem worse. Besides, as has been seen in the current drug war, there is WAY too much profitability for local law enforcement to simply seize the cash without any possible way of getting it back (see court cases of United States vs. X amount of currency) that goes straight to law enforcement, seizing tangible items and selling them at auction, the proceeds of which go to law enforcement and the local government, should I go on? Yes, it will be difficult. Like the Taliban, these people don't wear uniforms. Unlike the Taliban, instead of resorting to physical violence to placate the local population, they win their hearts and minds by taking care of some of their basic needs. Also, as has been proven in the drug war over and over again, if you remove one major player, the smaller fish jockey for position to be the big fish and you are right back to where you started. The only permanent solution in my opinion is to remove the underlying problem: criminalization of drugs. I submit as proof Portugal, a Western first-world country that decriminalized personal possession of cocaine, heroin, EVERYTHING. 5 years after they are doing just fine, the country hasn't devolved into complete armageddon. Read about it for yourself: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=portugal-drug-decriminalization

Weird, I just drove from the Turnpike at the Indiana border and down 75 to 15 in Findlay and didn't see one plane. There were a ton of Indiana cops on the turnpike, but not a lot of OSHP.

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!

I give you 100 points for the successful troll, and -1000 for not keeping it going as long as possible. Well done sir, but you still have a way to go.

The place in Key West where I went took me to a 300ft deep estuary where there was a underwater hotel. Seeing windows and drapes really weirded me out.

I'm pretty sure you just got trolled. Black Todd would be proud.

Toronto fell through, so I'm in.

I am in favor of removing the Politics section from the main page, ala R&R. That being said, it seems there are just as many firearm related threads as there are political.

Went in Key West in January of this year, but sadly not enough dives for my certification. Thought I would be able to go in Brisbane, but that didn't pan out either. I'm very interested.

Made it with my parents. Not too bad, the meatball was pretty underwhelming but DAMN were the lines long when we left Sat. night. For anyone that went to the show and missed the Corbo's stand on the far side from the Desmo setup, you need to drive your ass to Cleveland and get you some cannoli's and tiramisu. Wow I missed that place.

And if they happen to be Sicilian, brace yourself for the inevitable mustache.

I'll be there tomorrow after the game. Anyone want to come with?

bump for lowered price and adding pistol.

So you're going to take out a loan now, or next season? If it's possible, I'd take it out now and make payments over the winter, the prices are going to do nothing but go up once late March/April hit. Buy low sell high man, not the other way around. I knew you had it in you.

Agreed about the timing. I fenced with this same issue when I sent my Katana up to the motorcycle gods. Not sure what the circumstances of the wreck were, but with mine my forks were tore up good and there was a possibility I had ever so slight frame damage. That uncertainty was enough to convince me to take the money and run. Even if you end up scoring 4-5K out of it, that is more than sufficient to pick up a damn decent I4 sportbike.

i do love cafe racers, I wish I had some disposable income. Good luck with it Howie.

I know right? it's cool for a little while, then once it starts chafing the entire experience goes downhill. i'm sorry, what were we talking about again?